Newspaper item mentioning Will: 11/27/1913
Full size image is below.
The Evening Star (Washington DC) reports on a reception given for veterans of the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion
1913-11-27: ~TOUR STOPS~---images---audio---transcript---notes---links---site navigation
This page is a stop in: The stop BEFORE this is: The stop AFTER this is:
1913-11-27: tour stops---~IMAGES~---audio---transcript---notes---links---site navigation
Scroll down for the audio readingand for the transcript.
1913-11-27: tour stops---images---~AUDIO~---transcript---notes---links---site navigation
1913-11-27: tour stops---images---audio---~TRANSCRIPT~---notes---links---site navigation
KIT CARSON POST, NO. 2,
HOSTS AT RECEPTION
Entertain Regular Army Officers Who Had Charge of Gettysburg Reunion.
Twenty-five officers of the regular army, who were in charge of the Gettysburg reunion last July, were given a reception last night by Kit Carson Post No. 2, G. A. R., at 1412 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. The address of welcome was delivered by S. S. Everett, commander of the post.
Col. Lewis E. Beitley, secretary of the Pennsylvania Gettysburg commission, made an address, as did Gen. Hunter Liggett, commandant of the Gettysburg camp, and Maj. James E. Normoyle, chief quartermaster of the camp.
Following the speeches a buffet luncheon was served.
The guests were: Gen.. Hunter Liggett, Col. Lewis E. Beitler, Maj. James E. McRae, Maj. Armand I. Lasseigne, Maj. Charles D. Rhodes, Capt. Morris E. Locke, Capt. William P. Stokey, Lieut. J. G. Taylor, Maj. James E. Normoyle, Capt. E. T. Hartman, Col. A. E. Bradley, Maj. P. C. Hutton, Maj. Robert U. Patterson, Maj. W. R. Grove, Capt. L. W. Jordan, Capt. Adolphe H. Huguet, Capt. Harry F. Dalton, Capt. Woodson Hocker, Capt. George E. Stewart, Capt. Walter B. McCaskey, Capt. W. S. Neely, Lieut. O. E. Saunders, Lieut. P. H. Bagby, Lieut. S. B. Buckner, jr., and T. H. Humphreys.
HOSTS AT RECEPTION
Entertain Regular Army Officers Who Had Charge of Gettysburg Reunion.
Twenty-five officers of the regular army, who were in charge of the Gettysburg reunion last July, were given a reception last night by Kit Carson Post No. 2, G. A. R., at 1412 Pennsylvania avenue northwest. The address of welcome was delivered by S. S. Everett, commander of the post.
Col. Lewis E. Beitley, secretary of the Pennsylvania Gettysburg commission, made an address, as did Gen. Hunter Liggett, commandant of the Gettysburg camp, and Maj. James E. Normoyle, chief quartermaster of the camp.
Following the speeches a buffet luncheon was served.
The guests were: Gen.. Hunter Liggett, Col. Lewis E. Beitler, Maj. James E. McRae, Maj. Armand I. Lasseigne, Maj. Charles D. Rhodes, Capt. Morris E. Locke, Capt. William P. Stokey, Lieut. J. G. Taylor, Maj. James E. Normoyle, Capt. E. T. Hartman, Col. A. E. Bradley, Maj. P. C. Hutton, Maj. Robert U. Patterson, Maj. W. R. Grove, Capt. L. W. Jordan, Capt. Adolphe H. Huguet, Capt. Harry F. Dalton, Capt. Woodson Hocker, Capt. George E. Stewart, Capt. Walter B. McCaskey, Capt. W. S. Neely, Lieut. O. E. Saunders, Lieut. P. H. Bagby, Lieut. S. B. Buckner, jr., and T. H. Humphreys.
1913-11-27: tour stops---images---audio---transcript---~NOTES~---links---site navigation
1,
Entertain Regular Army Officers Who Had Charge of Gettysburg Reunion.
Will's letter about the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion is here:
2.
Twenty-five officers of the regular army, who were in charge of the Gettysburg reunion last July, were given a reception last night by Kit Carson Post No. 2, G. A. R., at 1412 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
The G.A.R. was, of course, the Grand Army of the Republic, consisting of Civil War veterans. Kit Carson Post No. 2 was Post No. 2 of the G.A.R., named for Kit Carson, an American frontiersman from the earlier days who served in the Civil War. (The Civil War was not Kit Carson's finest hour, but back then killing Native Americans was considered a good thing.) There were multiple G.A.R. posts at 1412 Pennsylvania Avenue, for some reason. The building was later torn down.
The reception must have taken place, since it was "last night", on Wednesday, November 26, 1913, just a week after the fiftieth anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. I don't know if the date of the reception had anything to do with that anniversary.
3.
Following the speeches a buffet luncheon was served.
Luncheon? But the reception was held "last night". I'm confused. I like to imagine the septuagenarian Gettysburg veterans deciding that they didn't want to stay up too late so they'd better make it lunch...and maybe 2:00 in the afternoon felt like evening to them? Hey, it gets dark early in late November.
Entertain Regular Army Officers Who Had Charge of Gettysburg Reunion.
Will's letter about the 1913 Gettysburg Reunion is here:
2.
Twenty-five officers of the regular army, who were in charge of the Gettysburg reunion last July, were given a reception last night by Kit Carson Post No. 2, G. A. R., at 1412 Pennsylvania avenue northwest.
The G.A.R. was, of course, the Grand Army of the Republic, consisting of Civil War veterans. Kit Carson Post No. 2 was Post No. 2 of the G.A.R., named for Kit Carson, an American frontiersman from the earlier days who served in the Civil War. (The Civil War was not Kit Carson's finest hour, but back then killing Native Americans was considered a good thing.) There were multiple G.A.R. posts at 1412 Pennsylvania Avenue, for some reason. The building was later torn down.
The reception must have taken place, since it was "last night", on Wednesday, November 26, 1913, just a week after the fiftieth anniversary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. I don't know if the date of the reception had anything to do with that anniversary.
3.
Following the speeches a buffet luncheon was served.
Luncheon? But the reception was held "last night". I'm confused. I like to imagine the septuagenarian Gettysburg veterans deciding that they didn't want to stay up too late so they'd better make it lunch...and maybe 2:00 in the afternoon felt like evening to them? Hey, it gets dark early in late November.
1913-11-27: tour stops---images---audio---transcript---notes---~LINKS~---site navigation
DOCUMENT LISTS FOR PEOPLE:
- WILL: DOCUMENTS ----- Related
GENERAL DOCUMENT LISTS:
- COMPLETE DOCUMENT LIST BY DATE
- DOCUMENTS SORTED BY WHERE THEY WERE WRITTEN ----- Washington DC
- DOCUMENTS SORTED BY SOURCE ----- newspapers.com
- AUDIO READINGS OF THE DOCUMENTS: 1910-1919
OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS/PAGES:
1913-11-27: tour stops---images---audio---transcript---notes---links---~SITE NAVIGATION~-
WHERE AM I?
WHAT ARE THE PREVIOUS PAGE AND THE NEXT PAGE?